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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by lordnacho on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:48PM (#19742450)
Similar punishment for similar transgressions is how the law is supposed to work.
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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by CharlesColeman on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:55PM (#19742967)
> Similar punishment for similar transgressions is how the law is supposed to work.

Facebook and Equifax did not commit similar transgressions, and to say to is misleading.

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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by lordnacho on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @07:08PM (#19743420)
I'm not sure anyone claims that, but obviously saying "Similar punishment for similar transgressions" means that different transgressions need not have the same punishments.
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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by munk-a on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:51PM (#19742473)
Assuming those punishments are fair and just - the punishments companies have been getting lately for privacy violations have been relatively consistent - nobody is actually being punished.
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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by jokoon on Sunday April 28, 2019 @03:11AM (#19769811)
I think equifax has a "too big to fail" burden, credit scores are part of how things work in the country. And I'm not sure they're directly responsible for the leak of their data.

Facebook is far from being essential, it's mostly a consumer product. There are so many voices against facebook that I don't think there would be enough public support to protect facebook.

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